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Identifying mechanisms of change in the Early Grade Reading Study in South Africa by Dixon, Kerryn, Fleisch, Brahm

“…The Grade 2 learner results of the Early Grade Reading Study (EGRS) randomised control trial (RCT) in the North West province showed that the structured…”
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Risky writing : working with a heteroglossic pedagogy to deepen pre-service teachers' learning by Dixon, Kerryn, Mendelowitz, Belinda

“…This article explores how course design and assessment in a first year pre-service teacher education course for English students can be imbued with academic…”
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Pitfalls and possibilities in literacy research : a review of South African literacy studies, 2004–2018 by Reed, Yvonne, Dixon, Kerryn, Biesman-Simons, Claire, Pretorius, Elizabeth

“…Background: Given the comprehensively documented literacy crisis in South Africa and the gaps in what is known about the effective teaching of reading and…”
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Strengthening foundation phase teacher education through mentoring by Dixon, Kerryn

“…This paper explores a multidimensional mentorship model implemented between lecturers from the foundation phase at the Wits School of Education and four…”
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Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa by Walton, Elizabeth, McIntyre, Joanna, Awidi, Salome Joy, De Wet-Billings, Nicole, Dixon, Kerryn, Madziva, Roda, Monk, David, Nyoni, Chamunogwa, Thondhlana, Juliet, Wedekind, Volker

“…International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this…”
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Towards a more explicit writing pedagogy: The complexity of teaching argumentative writing by Dornbrack, Jacqui, Dixon, Kerryn

“…Advances in technology, changes in communication practices, and the imperatives of the workplace have led to the repositioning of the role of writing in the…”
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Googling inclusive education: a critical visual analysis by Walton, Elizabeth, Dixon, Kerryn

“…Inclusive education is a global rights-based response to educational exclusion. It is communicated through a range of modalities, but analysis predominantly…”
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Refugee education: a critical visual analysis by McIntyre, Joanna, Dixon, Kerryn, Walton, Elizabeth

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“My Fish Died and I Flushed Him Down the Toilet”: Children Disrupt Preservice Teachers’ Understandings of “Appropriate” Picture Books for Young Children by Dixon, Kerryn, Janks, Hilary

“…Although the literature on picture books is extensive, very little work focuses on how they are integrated into teacher education curricula. We contend that…”
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A Change of Perspective: Seeing Through Children at the Front of the Classroom, to Seeing Children from the Back of the Classroom by Dixon, Kerryn

“…This article considers a noted trend by teacher educators at a South African University where student teachers seem to have very little connection with…”
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Risky writing: Working with a heteroglossic pedagogy to deepen pre-service teachers’ learning by Belinda Mendelowitz, Kerryn Dixon

“…This article explores how course design and assessment in a first year pre-service teacher education course for English students can be imbued with academic…”
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Researching digital inequalities in children's play with technology in South Africa by Murris, Karin, Scott, Fiona, Stjerne Thomsen, Bo, Dixon, Kerryn, Giorza, Theresa, Peers, Joanne, Lawrence, Chanique

“…This paper reports on the South African findings from an international mixed methods study between the LEGO Foundation, Dubit and the Universities of Sheffield…”
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Towards a more explicit writing pedagogy : the complexity of teaching argumentative writing : original research by Dornbrack, Jacqui, Dixon, Kerryn

“…Advances in technology, changes in communication practices, and the imperatives of the workplace have led to the repositioning of the role of writing in the…”
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A space to write: the construction of the writing subject in early schooling by Dixon, Kerryn

“…This article applies Foucault's (1977. Discipline and punish) theory of spatial distribution in relation to the teaching of writing in English medium…”
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We are workshopped: problematising foundation phase teachers' identity constructions by Excell, Lorayne

“…The new Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications document envisages a particular type of teacher (DHET, 2011). These teachers need to be,…”
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A critical analysis of CAPS for Life Skills in the Foundation Phase (Grades R-3) by Dixon, Kerryn, Janks, Hilary, Botha, Debbie, Earle, Katarina, Poo, Manono, Oldacre, Fiona, Pather, Kamala, Schneider, Kerri-Lee

“…The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement Foundation Phase Life Skills curriculum (DBE, 2011) is composed of four focus areas: Beginning Knowledge;…”
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Strengthening foundation phase teacher education through mentoring by Dixon, Kerryn

“…This paper explores a multidimensional mentorship model implemented between lecturers from the foundation phase at the Wits School of Education and four…”
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